Monday, October 09, 2006

Meme Catch-up

Time for some meme (or MeMe) action.

DebR wants to know: And the rules are, I have to answer JUST yes or no. No elaborating or explaining or equivocating. Sheesh. So to leave you wondering the sordid or boring details, here are my answers.

Have you ever:1. Taken a picture completely naked? yes2. Danced in front of a mirror naked? yes3. Told a lie? yes4. Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back? yes5. Been arrested? no6. Seen someone die? no7. Kissed a picture? yes8. Slept in until 5pm? no9. Had sex at work (on the clock)? no10. Fallen asleep at work/school? yes11. Held a snake? yes12. Ran a red light? yes13. Been suspended from school? no14. Pole danced? no15. Been fired from a job? yes16. Sang karaoke? no17. Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? yes18. Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? yes19. Laughed until you peed? yes20. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? yes21. Kissed in the rain? yes22. Had sex in the rain? yes23. Sang in the shower? yes24. Gave your private parts a nickname? no25. Ever gone to school/work without underwear? yes26. Sat on a roof top? yes27. Played chicken? no28. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? yes29. Broken a bone? yes30. Flashed someone? yes31. Mooned someone? yes32. Shaved your head? no33. Slept naked? yes34. Blacked out from drinking? yes35. Played a prank on someone? yes36. Had a gym membership? yes37. Felt like killing someone? yes38. Cried over someone you were in love with? yes39. Had Mexican jumping beans for pets? yes40. Been in a band? yes41. Shot a gun? yes42. Shot a bow and arrow? yes43. Played strip poker? yes44. Donated Blood? yes45. Ever jump out of an airplane? no46. Been to more than 10 countries? yes

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~**~*~**~**~*~*~**~*~Several others on the blog ring have done the 5 weird things about me meme. This is an intriguing one, and I started to do it right away and then I had to think it over. Is it things I think are weird about me? Or things that I think *other* people would think are weird about me? A shift in perspective, eh?

So 5 things I know you'll think are weird about me:1. I am entirely proud of my belly stretchmarks from having my kids. They are a beautiful, now silvery smooth reminder of that extremely special time. And they remind me also that my body is very powerful and flexible, sometimes I need that visual, visceral reminder when I'm down about how I'm feeling.

2. I love to eat dried seaweed. Seaweed crunchies are my favorite. I can't eat too many because of the saltiness. Better than eating chocolate all day long. My acupuncturist suggested them last year, and I get some whenever I go to the health food grocery store.

3. I sleep with my baby blanket under my pillow. It is pink crocheted cotton, and the cool texture helps me go to sleep superfast. It has one hole which I tried to repair when I was learning to crochet (around age 10), the yarn I used for the repair is bright green. As I recall, my great-grandma made it for me, and it has always been on my bed.

4. I wear my hair up all the time, yet I have long hair. It just makes me hot or cranky or fussy when it is on my neck. It gets in the way when I am gardening or painting or sewing. Why not just cut it short? Gooood question! Don't expect an answer though, I haven't figured this one out.

5. I have about 30 bottles of nail polish and hardly ever polish my nails. I keep buying it though. An old habit? Wishful thinking? Delusions of grandeur? Yup, all of the above.

4 comments:

And I totally get what you mean about the hair. I don't understand they "why" of it either, but I'm the same way when mine is long and yet I like it better around shoulder length or a little longer than I do short. Weird!

I, too, wear my hair long. I know why I don't cut it. I have 2 cowlicks that show up at each temple when my hair is short. It looks like I have horns. The weight of long hair pulls the cowlicks out. /paula

I wear my hair up all the time, yet I have long hair. It just makes me hot or cranky or fussy when it is on my neck. It gets in the way when I am gardening or painting or sewing. Why not just cut it short? Gooood question! Don't expect an answer though, I haven't figured this one out.

My hair is quite long and I have worn it pulled back and braided and/or up for years. Why? Because it is SO easy to take care of and more importantly - I hate having hair in my face. Hate it. Makes my forehead hurt and makes me annoyed. I think it's more acceptable than it used to be, but that's never bothered me!

I wear my long hair up most of the time too. Braided, bunned, clipped crazily. I can only let it down once our so-called winter sets in. And the nail polish, I only has 7 bottles that I only put on my toes. All variations on Cotton Candy Metallic Pink. It's those Buy 1, Get 1 Free sales that keep me buying more.